Engraver Sheet for Textile Fabric Style No. 644, Cocheco Mfg. Co.

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Artifact Overview

During the 19th century, New England textile mills manufactured billions of yards of fabric for the mass market, producing roller-printed cottons using increasingly complex mechanized processes. Colorful cotton prints, like those made by Cocheco Manufacturing Company, became affordable to almost everyone.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Proof (Printed matter)

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2017.84.0.1.242

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of American Textile History Museum, donated to ATHM by Thomas Anderton.

Material

Glue
Ink
Paper (Fiber product)
Textile fabric

Technique

Mounting
Printing (Process)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 10 in
Width: 7.75 in